what happened to the helicopters?

[OOM 313]

for the love of god what happened to the helicopters? Seriously, remember in GTA 4 how fun they were? You could knock the tail rotor off or the entire tail boom separately and go spinning out of control. It was fun, you could use an RPG and hit the tail rotor and knock off the boom and the whole thing with go spinning out of control. Helicopters in GTA 4 were a lot more interactive, I feel like they took a step backwards in GTA 5. Now they are ridiculously weak and blow up for no reason. Anyone else agree?

[Huffin-Puffin]

No, but if you feel that way why not go and play IV? Nobody took it from you when V came out and your whole complaint is that the back end of them used to fall off? They weren't "more interactive", they were just a bit different and you liked them more.

[Nameless Foot Soldier]

I agree, it does feel they took a step backward with vehicle damage interaction for the helicopters. Although, I do like how the engine fails at times in GTA V. But all together, it's a bit of a let down. Oh well, what can you do?

[jonkoroken420]

I like how helicopters are now, I'd rather fly with my engine failing once in a while, Almost crashing, There's still chance on surviving and in gta IV there is NOT.

 

If you like the gta IV helicopters, Put in the Gta IV disk.

[BuyMeTheMoon]

I love the helicopters in GTA V

[OOM 313]

I love the engine failure and sputtering too. But one universally known fact about helos is if the tail rotor is destroyed it goes spinning all wild and sh*t. So why isn't that in GTA V? Why cant we make a critical hit on the tail fan with the .50 sniper? I'm just saying. Also why is the Annihilator so f*ckin worthless? I just took one down with an MG the other night. He came after me with guns blazing and 2 door gunners. Didn't score a single hit on me. I felt bad for shooting him down. A helicopter like that should strike fear in someone caught in the open, not make them laugh.

[Bertanius]

The engine going out is nice, but repetitive, whenever a helicopter gets damaged enough, it will do the same 'engine failing' system: it goes out 3 or 4 times, something like that, and then eventually stops. It's not random, so once you see the engine backfire and shut off, you know it will completely shut off after a few failures. Tail rotors can be broken off, but since every vehicle is made by Michael Bay, it explodes from a gentle impact. What doesn't make sense is that a helicopter with a missing tail rotor can't ascend. What were they thinking? It was fine in GTA IV, but in GTA V the tail rotor determines how a helicopter takes off... If you break it off while on the ground, all you can do is slide around the ground.

 

The tail can't be broken off anymore, which is ridiculous, it was a really nice feature in GTA IV, sure it may not be 100% realistic, but it's more realistic than having a tail that can never be damaged. Besides, it was fun flying in a helicopter with no tail, you would just be flailing around in the air.